DALLAS -- No. 7-seed Midwestern State faces third-seeded West Texas A&M in the semifinals of the Lone Star Conference 2022 Women's Soccer Championship. Kickoff at Patriot Soccer Field is scheduled for Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
 

(7) MIDWESTERN STATE (8-8-2, 5-6-1) vs. (3) WEST TEXAS A&M (13-2-4, 6-2-4)

Saturday Nov. 5 | 2:30 p.m.   GAME TIME CHANGE due to inclement weather!!
Patriot Soccer Field| Dallas, Texas

Series History | West Texas A&M leads, 26-21-3

LAST MEETING | West Texas A&M scored two goals in the second half to roll to a 2-0 win over Midwestern State Saturday night at The Pitch. West Texas A&M broke through with the opener in the 50th minute when senior defender Maliyah Mendoza made a run down the right attacking channel advancing all the way to the end line before serving a negative ball back into the middle of the 18-yard box. Sophomore Sydney Hokuf's shot was blocked and bounded to the center of the box. Freshman Nicole Gray collected the loose ball, made two touches, and then buried the ball in the lower right corner of the net to give WT a 1-0 lead. The Lady Buffs added a second goal in the 65th minute on a strong individual effort by sophomore defender Kyndahl Britton. Britton muscled her way through the MSU defense and unleashed a left-footed shot from just inside the left corner of the 18-yard box to net her first collegiate goal into the upper left portion of the net. Midwestern State managed 12 total shots, while placing seven on frame including two each by Cassidy Savoy, Olivia Okoye, and Sydney Van Noy. MSU sophomore goalkeeper Lexi Jackson finished the match with eight saves.

LAST TIME OUT | MSU senior Olivia Okoye's miraculous goal in the 88th minute extended the match, then sophomore goalkeeper Lexi Jackson came through with a pair of saves in penalty kicks to see the Mustangs on to the Lone Star Conference Postseason Tournament semifinals. Midwestern State and Angelo State played to a 2-2 draw through 90 minutes of regulation and 20 minutes of overtime before the Mustangs edged the Rambelles 3-2 in PKs. Midwestern State has eliminated the Rambelles from the LSC Tournament in each of its four postseason meetings. The Mustangs have also advanced in each of the five times their LSC Postseason Tournament match was decided by penalty kicks. MSU moved on past Angelo State in 2005, then claimed a postseason tournament title with two PK advancements past Texas A&M-Commerce and West Texas A&M in 2013. The Mustangs claimed another postseason championship in PKs over Texas A&M-Commerce in 2016.

MUSTANG TOURNAMENT HISTORY | Midwestern State is 21-20-4 all-time in the Lone Star Conference Women's Soccer Championship…MSU is 6-6-1 when facing West Texas A&M in the postseason tournament…Midwestern State defeated West Texas A&M in the first-ever LSC Tournament championship game, 2-1, as April Lasater and Becky Athey scored goals…MSU is facing the Buffaloes in the postseason tournament for the first time since 2015, when Midwestern State's run at a fifth Lone Star Conference Tournament title was cut short as the Mustangs suffered a 1-0 defeat to West Texas A&M in an LSC quarterfinal match at ASU Soccer Field.

TRACKING THE MUSTANGS | MSU is the No. 7-seed in the LSC Tournament…Midwestern State has lost seven of its last eight meetings with WT...Midwestern State is 2-3-1 in neutral site meetings with the Buffaloes…MSU has not played a neutral site match this season…Midwestern State is fifth in the conference with 1.72 goals scored per game and fourth in the LSC with 31 total goals this season…Midwestern State has outscored conference opponents, 19-14…Mustangs have conceded one goal or less in 10 of their 13 conference matches…Sophomore goalkeeper Lexi Jackson is making 4.00 saves per game, which is fourth most in the LSC…Jackson has turned in five clean sheets this season…Jackson has made 72 saves, the third most in the conference…Jackson has played 1640:00 minutes for the Mustangs, fourth most for a goalie in the LSC…Jackson has a 1.207 GAA and a .766 save percentage…Lexi Beck is second in the conference with seven assists this season… Alyssa Salinas is fifth in the LSC with four assists… Olivia Okoye leads the Mustangs with five goals this season…MSU is fifth in the conference with 89 total points in its 18 matches…Isabella Cruz and Beck have scored two game-winning goals, which is seventh most in the LSC…Cassidy Savoy, who has scored three goals, is averaging 2.27 shots per game and has put 18 of 41 shots on goal (.439)…MSU is eighth in the LSC in shot accuracy as a team with 109 of 249 shots on goal (.438)…Midwestern is seventh in the LSC with 13.83 shots per game and eighth in the league with 6.06 shots on goal per game…MSU is ninth in the LSC with 9.56 fouls per game and has been issued 14 yellow cards, which is ninth most in the league…

SCOUTING WEST TEXAS A&M | WT is the No. 3 seed in the LSC Tournament…WT is 4-2-1 over its last seven matches, including a 2-1 victory over visiting St. Edwards at The Pitch in the quarterfinals…WT is appearing in the semifinals for a third consecutive season… WT last won the LSC Tournament in 2017 and has lifted the trophy six times in the history of the program… Goalkeeper Reagan Heelan leads the LSC with 0.617 GAA and a .871 save percentage…Heelan is third in the conference with 4.11 saves per game and second in the league with 74 total saves…Maria-Frances Serrant leads the conference and is eighth in the nation with 16 goals… Frances Serrant leads the LSC and is fourth in the nation with six game-winning goals… Frances Serrant leads the LSC and is 11th in the nation with 36 total points this season….Asha James is fourth in the LSC with five assists this season… West Texas A&M has outscored its opponents this season, 39-12…WT leads the league in total goals and is second in the conference with 2.00 goals per game this season…Buffaloes are second in the conference with 5.16 points per game…WT is third in the league with 15.68 shots per game and second in the LSC with 7.89 shots on goal per game…Buffs are second in the conference with 187-of-327 (.495) shots on goal… WT is second in the conference and ninth in the nation with 24 yellow cards…Buffs are seventh in the league with 8.68 fouls per game…

UP NEXT | The semifinal winner advances to the championship game and faces the St. Mary's/Dallas Baptist winner. Kickoff is scheduled for 1p.m. Sunday at Patriot Field on the DBU campus.